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French Macarons with Green Tea White Chocolate Ganache

May 14, 2015 by makeitmaddy Leave a Comment

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY TO MAKEITMADDY!!! I can’t believe it’s been a year since my first post!! I wasn’t sure what I should blog about to commemorate my first blogging year, but decided on these yummy French Macarons. Hope you’ve all enjoyed this blogging journey with me so far!!

I’ve always wanted to make French Macarons, but have heard how temperamental the process can be. Lucky for all of you, I’m one of those annoying positive people that thinks that if you put your mind to it, you can do anything. …

Homemade Marshmallows

December 21, 2014 by makeitmaddy 2 Comments

My mom and my sister bought me a KitchenAid Mixer for Christmas, and I was racking my head to figure out what should be the first thing I make in it. I mean, to christen my KitchenAid I couldn’t just make chocolate chip cookies right?! Well, I finally figured it out, MARSHMALLOWS! …

Nutella Rice Pudding

September 1, 2014 by makeitmaddy 2 Comments

I know, I talk about NYC a lot, but it’s an easy weekend trip from where I live and the food is SOO good. One of my favorite places to grab a sweet treat is Rice to Riches in Nolita (North of Little Italy, I know I don’t get all the acronyms either). My favorite thing to get there is their Hazelnut Chocolate Bear Hug (see picture to the left, although that day, I decided to get it with a brownie crumble topping).

For those of you who haven’t been to Rice to Riches, it has a space-y, international kind of vibe. They have super cute take out containers that come with a matching perfect for scooping-rice-pudding-spoon. If you’re going for dessert, a solo is PLENTY for two people. …